Canadian Author and Activist
Romeo Dallaire has greatly enabled the “Butcher of Africa’s Great Lakes” region. The Canadian general’s fairy tale has repeatedly justified Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame who has once again unleashed horrible violence in Congo. Two months ago a man in front of me at Salon du livre de Montréal asked Dallaire if his “opinion of Rwanda... Continue Reading →
While the Canadian government questions whether Nicolas Maduro really won 51% of the vote in Venezuela’s presidential election it has no trouble with Africa’s most bloodstained dictator claiming 99%. Ottawa also has no trouble supporting the Rwandan government despite UN experts accusing it of aggression. Two weeks ago, Paul Kagame ‘won’ 99.18% of the vote... Continue Reading →
An invasion of a neighbouring country that breaks international law. Tremendous death and destruction. An authoritarian government with a long-time ruler who crushes any opposition. But not Russia and Ukraine. The contrast between Rwanda’s invasion of Congo and the much more widely reported conflict in eastern Europe is stark. A brutal dictator who has... Continue Reading →
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